Website Design

Domain Name: Every website on the internet requires a domain name. It is like your Internet telephone number, it enables the world to find your business on the web. A good domain name makes your site easier for customers to find and remember in the future. For example, if you own a business called Great Builders, you would register a domain name like www.greatbuilders.co.nz.

Hosting: If you’re new to the Internet world, you may find yourself asking, “What Is Hosting?” 

Hosting is a service that securely stores your Website & Emails on a big computer for you. Your Website is then made available for viewing for internet users around the world, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week 365 days of the year.

Website Design fees are a one-off cost. Further fees will apply if you request us to make further design changes or add additional pages later.

Your Domain Name and Website Hosting must be renewed yearly to keep them operational.

Off-Page SEO – if you have some computer knowledge and a day or so spare, you can action this yourself if you are on a tight budget.

With our WordPress Website option, YES, you can edit the entire website yourself if you select QPM Design to host your site. We will provide you with control panel access to fully manage, maintain and edit your WordPress Website.

You can get your OWN personalised email address:- [email protected] when you register your Domain Name and sign up for a Hosting Plan that includes Email Hosting.

Owning the lease to the Domain Name entitles you to the email address, however, you will also need Email Hosting if you want to use your domain name to set up email accounts.

Using an email address like [email protected] looks unprofessional and is advertising Spark instead of advertising your business.

SEO = Search Engine Optimisation. SEM = Search Engine Marketing.

We know these terms may sound a bit techno nerd, but it’s the most important thing you can do for your website. Performing On and Off-Page SEO is how you get found online!!! 

There are two parts to SEO. ON-Page SEO & OFF-Page SEO.

ON-Page SEO: Behind your website the pages are made up of: HTML Code, Page Titles, Meta Descriptions – (page descriptions), Keywords, Header Tags, Page headers – H1, H2 etc, images, file names and Alt tags. Search engines send robot “spiders” to index the content of your web page. QPM Design complete ON-Page SEO for you and prepare your web pages for optimal indexing.

OFF-Page SEO: This involves submitting your site to Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. Creating link-backs to your site and generally spreading your web presence. This is never ending and can involve a number of things including: an active social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc). Maintaining a good quality blog with regular posts, listing your website url on other industry relevant websites, and typically creating link networks back to your site. The idea is to give search engines lots of information in a format that they can understand, providing clear and abundant clues as to what your website is about. This is called “search engine optimisation,” abbreviated as SEO.

You can advertise your business and website in a variety of ways, it just depends on your budget:

Completing the basics of OFF PAGE SEO is very important.

You can also consider:Google & Facebook Ads, Signage at your place of business, your home and on your vehicle, Branded Uniform, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Flyers, Billboards, Brochures, Newsletters, Leaflets – Direct Mailings, Email Signatures, Business Cards, Envelopes with your Company Logo, Social Networking Websites, Free Web Directory Listings, Google Reviews, Facebook Reviews and most importantly….Word of mouth.